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BY-LAWS 



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Rf.i'Rint Ordered June 6th, 1907. 



DETROIT. 



BY-LAWS. 



ARTICLE I. 

Section 1. These By-Laws shall govern in all 
cases not provided for by the Constitution and General 
By-Laws of the Order. 

ARTICLE II. 

MEETINGS. 

Section 1. Meetings shall be either stated or 
special. 

Sec. 2. Stated meetings shall be held on the first 
Thursday in the months of May, October, December 
and February of each year. No other meetings shall 
be held unless specially ordered. 

Sec. 3. The annual meeting for the election of 
officers, and the regular business of the stated meeting 
for May, shall be held in the city of Detroit, Mich., on 
the first Thursday of May of each year, at 2 o'clock 
p. m. Other meetings, either stated or special, shall 
be held wherever and whenever ordered by the Com- 
mandery, but special meetings shall be for the transac- 
tion of such business only as shall be designated in 
the call therefor. 



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ARTICLE III. 



ELECTIONS. 



Section 1. All applicants for membership of the 
first or second class shall be made on the forms pro- 
vided for the purpose, and forwarded to the Recorder 
to be presented at a stated meeting' of the Commandery, 
and shall be accompanied by the admission fee of 
twenty-five dollars. 

Sfx. 2. At the second stated meeting previous 
to the date of the election of officers, the Commander 
shall appoint a Committee on Nominations, consisting 
of three Companions, whose duty it shall be to receive 
the names of the candidates for election to the differ- 
ent offices, and who shall arrange, under proper head- 
ings and in alphabetical order, the names of such can- 
didates, and a list of same shall be posted in the Com- 
mandery rooms at least thirty days prior to said elec- 
tion, and a copy mailed to each Companion with the 
notice of the annual meeting. 

The Committee shall prepare a sufficient number of 
printed ballots containing the names of all candidates 
nominated, with one blank line for each office, for use 
at the election, and Companions shall express their 
preference on the ballot by checking or writing in the 
name for which they wish to vote. 

Three Companions, not candidates for any office, 
shall be appointed by the Commander as tellers to can- 
vass the votes and announce the result. 



ARTICLE IV. 



FEES ANE DUES. 



Section 1. The admission fee to the Commandery 
shall be twenty-five dollars. 

Sec. 2. The annual dues shall be ten dollars for all 
members, due and payable in adz'aucc on the first day 
of January of each year. 

ARTICLE V. 

PERMANENT FUND. 

Section 1. Additions may be made to the Perma- 
nent Fund, from time to time, as the Commandery 
may by vote at a stated meeting direct. All profits 
arising from its investment shall be added to this fund 
and become a part thereof. 

Sec. 2. The Permanent Fund shall be invested by 
the Treasurer as the Council may direct, and no money 
shall Ije withdrawn from the Fund for any purpose 
except upon the written recommendation of at least 
three members of the Council, which recommendation 
shall be made in writing at a stated meeting of the 
Commandery, and shall lay upon the table until the 
next stated meeting of the Commandery, when, if it 
shall receive the vote of three-fourths of the Compan- 
ions present at such meeting, the same shall be de- 
clared adopted. 



ARTICLE VI. 



BANQUETS AND LUNCHES. 



Section 1. If ordered by the Commandery at a 
stated meeting- before April of any year, a banquet 
shall be held at the time of the Annual Meeting in May 
following. This banquet shall be under the direction 
and control of the Commander, Recorder and Chair- 
man of Council and the expenses attending it shall be 
paid from the General Fund of the Commandery. 

Sec. 2. All other banquets or lunches shall be at 
the individual expense of those participating, unless 
otherwise ordered by the Commandery at a stated 
meeting. 

Sec. 3. Companions may invite any member of 
any other Commandery to any entertainment. The 
member extending such invitation shall give the name 
of the invited guest to the Recorder, who shall there- 
upon issue an official invitation and record his action. 

Sec. 4. No person who is not a member of the 
order shall be present at any entertainment given by 
the Commandery, except upon application by a Com- 
panion to the Recorder, and upon invitation signed 
by the Recorder by the authority of the Commander; 
and Companions obtaining such invitations shall be 
charged Five Dollars for annual or special banquets for 
each person invited, to be paid when application for 
invitation is made. 

Sec. r>. No other non-members shall be present 
except a limited number of members of the Dress, and 



such persons as are necessary in connection with the 
entertainment. 

ARTICLE VII. 

DEATHS. 

Section 1. It shall be the duty of Companions, 
upon learning of the death of a member of this Com- 
mandery, to notify the Recorder. As soon as practica- 
ble the Commander shall appoint a committee of three 
members to prepare, and submit at a stated meeting-, 
suitable resolutions relating to the life, character and 
services of the deceased, and expressive of the feelings 
of the Commandery. 

Such resolutions as may be adopted shall be record- 
ed, published as a circular "In Memoriam," and a 
copy thereof transmitted to the family of the deceased. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

THE RECORDER. 

Section 1. The Recorder shall be paid such com- 
pensation as shall be fixed by the Commandery. 

ARTICLE IX. 

STATISTICAL PAPERS, BOOKS, ETC. 

Section 1. The Commandery shall solicit the con- 
tribution of books, essays, sketches, papers, addresses, 
photographs, pictures, historical facts and reminis- 
cences bearing upon matters connected with the War 



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of the Rebellion, or on any other subject of interest to 
the order; and these shall, when received, become the 
property of the Commandery, and be preservd in its 
archives. But no such contribution shall be finally 
accepted and thus disposed of without the approval of 
at least three members of the Council. 

ARTICLE X. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

At stated meetings the business shall be conducted 
in the following order: 

1. The Commandery shall be called to order by 
the presiding officer. 

2. The Chaplain shall pronounce the opening 
prayer. 

3. The Recorder may call the roll of members. 

4. The minutes of the last stated and all subse- 
quent meetings shall be read and disposed of. 

5. Companion-elect shall be installed. 

G. The stated business of the meeting, if any, shall 
be considered. 

7. Unfinished business shall be taken up, 

8. Reports of officers and committees shall be 
heard. 

9. Candidates for membership shall be ballotted 
for. 

10. Applications for membership may be received. 

11. Written communications shall be presented. 

12. New business may be introduced. 

13. Adjournment. 



ARTICLE XI. 

INSTALLATION OF MEMBERS. 

You declare upon honor that you will maintain the 
Constitution of the Order and will conform to all its 
By-Laws, Rules and Reg^ulations, and will use your 
best endeavors to promote its objects and advance its 
interests, 

ARTICLE XII. 

INVESTITURE OF OFFICERS. 

You declare upon honor that you will well and faith- 
fully perform the duties of the office to which you 
have been elected and will comply with all the estab- 
lished laws and usages of the Order. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Section 1. No alteration, addition, or amendment 
shall be made to these By-Laws unless the same shall 
have been proposed in writing at a stated meeting for 
consideration at the next one, and shall have then 
been concurred in by a vote of three-fourths of the 
members present. But any Article may be suspended 
by unanimous consent during any meeting. Provided, 
that Section 1, Article XIII, may be suspended only 
at a stated meeting. 

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